The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has opened an investigation into a collision between a single-engine Socata TB-10 Tobago general aviation airplane and an unidentified object that ATSB says may have been a remotely piloted aircraft. Initial activities will involve examining the Tobago and interviewing the pilot.
ATSB’s website said that the Tobago pilot was on final approach to Parafield Airport in Adelaide, South Australia, around 1830 local time on July 11 when it struck an object. The aircraft sustained minor damage to its right wing, and an initial search of the area under the flight path did not locate the object, ATSB said.
